Genesis 1

The Creation

1 1In the beginning 2God 3created the heavens and the earth.
2 The earth was [a]4formless and void, and 5darkness was over the [b]surface of the deep, and 6the Spirit of God 7was [c]moving over the [d]surface of the waters.
3 Then 8God said, "Let there be light "; and there was light.
4 God saw that the light was 9good; and God 10separated the light from the darkness.
5 11God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And 12there was evening and there was morning, one day.
6 Then God said, "Let there be [e]an 13expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters."
7 God made the [f]expanse, and separated 14the waters which were below * the [g]expanse from the waters 15which were above * the [h]expanse; and it was so.
8 God called the [i]expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
9 Then God said, "16Let the waters below * the heavens be gathered into one place, and let 17the dry land appear "; and it was so.
10 God called the dry land earth, and the 18gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good.
11 Then God said, "Let the earth sprout [j]19vegetation: [k]plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after [l]their kind [m]with seed in them"; and it was so.
12 The earth brought forth [n]vegetation, [o]plants yielding seed after [p]their kind, and trees bearing fruit [q]with seed in them, after [r]their kind; and God saw that it was good.
13 There was evening and there was morning, a third day.
14 Then God said, "Let there be [s]20lights in the [t]21expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for 22signs and for 23seasons and for days and years;
15 and let them be for [u]lights in the [v]expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth "; and it was so.
16 God made the two [w]great lights, the 24greater [x]light [y]to govern the day, and the lesser [z]light [aa]to govern the night; He made 25the stars also.
17 26God placed them in the [ab]expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,
18 and [ac]to 27govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.
19 There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
20 Then God said, "Let the waters [ad]teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth [ae]in the open [af]expanse of the heavens."
21 God created 28the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
22 God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
23 There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
24 29Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after [ag]their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after [ah]their kind "; and it was so.
25 God made the 30beasts of the earth after [ai]their kind, and the cattle after [aj]their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
26 Then God said, "Let 31Us make 32man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them 33rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the [ak]sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
27 God created man 34in His own image, in the image of God He created him; 35male and female He created them.
28 God blessed them; and God said to them, "36Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the [al]sky and over every living thing that [am]moves on the earth."
29 Then God said, "Behold, 37I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the [an]surface of all the earth, and every tree [ao]which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;
30 and 38to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the [ap]sky and to every thing that [aq]moves on the earth [ar]which has life, I have given every green plant for food "; and it was so.
31 God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very 39good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

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Cross References 39

  • 1. Psalms 102:25; Isaiah 40:21; John 1:1, 2; Hebrews 1:10
  • 2. Psalms 89:11; Psalms 90:2; Acts 17:24; Romans 1:20; Hebrews 11:3
  • 3. Job 38:4; Isaiah 42:5; Isaiah 45:18; Revelation 4:11
  • 4. Jeremiah 4:23
  • 5. Job 38:9
  • 6. Psalms 104:30; Isaiah 40:13, 14
  • 7. Deuteronomy 32:11; Isaiah 31:5
  • 8. Psalms 33:6, 9; 2 Corinthians 4:6
  • 9. Psalms 145:9, 10
  • 10. Isaiah 45:7
  • 11. Psalms 74:16
  • 12. Psalms 65:8
  • 13. Isaiah 40:22; Jeremiah 10:12; 2 Peter 3:5
  • 14. Job 38:8-11
  • 15. Psalms 148:4
  • 16. Psalms 104:6-9; Jeremiah 5:22; 2 Peter 3:5
  • 17. Psalms 24:1, 2; Psalms 95:5
  • 18. Psalms 33:7; Psalms 95:5; Psalms 146:6
  • 19. Psalms 65:9-13; Psalms 104:14; Hebrews 6:7
  • 20. Psalms 74:16; Psalms 136:7
  • 21. Psalms 19:1; Psalms 150:1
  • 22. Jeremiah 10:2
  • 23. Psalms 104:19
  • 24. Psalms 136:8, 9
  • 25. Job 38:7; Psalms 8:3; Isaiah 40:26
  • 26. Jeremiah 33:20, 25
  • 27. Jeremiah 31:35
  • 28. Psalms 104:25-28
  • 29. Genesis 2:19; Genesis 6:20; Genesis 7:14; Genesis 8:19
  • 30. Genesis 7:21, 22; Jeremiah 27:5
  • 31. Genesis 3:22; Genesis 11:7
  • 32. Genesis 5:1; Genesis 9:6; 1 Corinthians 11:7; Ephesians 4:24; James 3:9
  • 33. Psalms 8:6-8
  • 34. Genesis 5:1; 1 Corinthians 11:7; Ephesians 4:24; Colossians 3:10
  • 35. Matthew 19:4; Mark 10:6
  • 36. Genesis 9:1, 7; Leviticus 26:9; Psalms 127:3, 5
  • 37. Psalms 104:14; Psalms 136:25
  • 38. Psalms 145:15, 16; Psalms 147:9
  • 39. Psalms 104:24, 28; Psalms 119:68; 1 Timothy 4:4

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Genesis 1 Commentaries

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